EduSahara™ Assignment
Name : Distance Formula
Chapter : Distance and Section Formulae
Grade : ICSE Grade X
License : Non Commercial Use
Question 1
1.
    • Find the distance between the points
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      4
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      8
      )
      ,
      (
      3
      )
      )
  • (i)
    7
    4


    2
  • (ii)
    7



    1

    2
  • (iii)
    14
  • (iv)
    7



    4
  • (v)
    7



    2
Question 2
2.
    • Find the perimeter of the triangle formed by the points
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      6
      )
      ,
      5
      )
    • and
    • (
      2
      ,
      8
      )
  • (i)
    (
    6



    2
    +



    70
    +



    85
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    6



    2
    +



    73
    +
    85
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    6



    2
    +



    73
    +
    4


    85
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    6



    2
    +



    76
    +



    85
    )
  • (v)
    (
    6



    2
    +



    73
    +



    85
    )
Question 3
3.
    • Find the lengths of the sides of the triangle formed by the points
    • (
      3
      ,
      (
      3
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      4
      ,
      (
      4
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      (
      5
      )
      )
  • (i)



      • 2
      • ,
      • 17
      • ,



      • 29
  • (ii)



      • 2
      • ,



      • 17
      • ,



      • 32
  • (iii)
      • 4


        2
      • ,



      • 17
      • ,



      • 29
  • (iv)



      • 2
      • ,



      • 17
      • ,



      • 29
Question 4
4.
Distance of the point (1,3) from x-axis is
  • (i)
    3
  • (ii)
    4
  • (iii)
    2
  • (iv)
    1
  • (v)
    (
    2
    )
Question 5
5.
Distance of the given point from x-axis is
  • (i)
    1
  • (ii)
    5
  • (iii)
    -3
  • (iv)
    4
Question 6
6.
Distance of the given point from y-axis is
  • (i)
    5
  • (ii)
    24
  • (iii)
    11
  • (iv)
    3
  • (v)
    8
Question 7
7.
A point lies on positive side of x-axis at a distance of 4 units from y-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    0
    ,
    4
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    4
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    4
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    (
    4
    )
    ,
    0
    )
Question 8
8.
A point lies on negative side of x-axis at a distance of 1 units from y-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    0
    ,
    1
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    1
    ,
    0
    )
Question 9
9.
A point lies on positive side of y-axis at a distance of 8 units from x-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    8
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    8
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    0
    ,
    8
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    8
    ,
    0
    )
Question 10
10.
A point lies on negative side of y-axis at a distance of 6 units from x-axis. What are the coordinates of the point?
  • (i)
    (
    0
    ,
    6
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    6
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    6
    )
    ,
    0
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    6
    ,
    0
    )
Question 11
11.
    • Find the distance of the point
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      (
      3
      )
      )
    • from origin
  • (i)
    10
  • (ii)



    7
  • (iii)



    10
  • (iv)
    4


    10
  • (v)



    12
Question 12
12.
    • A is a point on x-axis with abscissa
    • (-6)
    • and B is a point on y-axis
    • with ordinate
    • (-7)
    • .
    • Find the distance between A and B
  • (i)



    85
  • (ii)



    83
  • (iii)
    4


    85
  • (iv)



    88
  • (v)
    85
Question 13
13.
    • KM is the straight line of length



    • 13
    • units.
    • If K has the coordinates
    • (
      2
      ,
      4
      )
    • and M has coordinates
    • (k,2)
    • ,
    • find the possible values of k
  • (i)
    (
    7
    ,
    1
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    5
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    3
    ,
    (
    3
    )
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    4
    ,
    0
    )
  • (v)
    (
    6
    ,
    (
    2
    )
    )
Question 14
14.
    • Find the point on x-axis which is equidistant
    • from the points
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      4
      ,
      4
      )
  • (i)
    (
    6
    ,
    (
    1
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    7
    ,
    2
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    4
    ,
    1
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    3
    ,
    (
    2
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    5
    ,
    0
    )
Question 15
15.
    • Find the point on y-axis which is equidistant
    • from the points
    • (
      (
      8
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      3
      )
      ,
      (
      5
      )
      )
  • (i)
    (
    1
    ,
    (
    34
    )
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    (
    1
    )
    ,
    (
    32
    )
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    (
    2
    )
    ,
    (
    35
    )
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    0
    ,
    (
    33
    )
    )
  • (v)
    (
    2
    ,
    (
    31
    )
    )
Question 16
16.
    • Find the points on x-axis,
    • which are at a distance of
    • 14
    • units
    • from the point
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
  • (i)
    • (
      (
      9
      +
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      (
      2
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (ii)
    • (
      (
      6
      +
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (iii)
    • (
      (
      5
      +
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      2
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      0
      )
  • (iv)
    • (
      (
      7
      +
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      0
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      8
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      1
      )
  • (v)
    • (
      (
      7
      +
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      0
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      4



      10
      )
      ,
      0
      )
Question 17
17.
    • Find the points on y-axis,
    • which are at a distance of
    • 10
    • units
    • from the point
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      (
      1
      )
      )
  • (i)
    • (
      2
      ,
      (
      1
      +



      51
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1



      51
      )
      )
  • (ii)
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      3
      +



      51
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1



      51
      )
      )
  • (iii)
    • (
      1
      ,
      (
      2
      +



      51
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1



      51
      )
      )
  • (iv)
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1
      +



      51
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1



      51
      )
      )
  • (v)
    • (
      0
      ,
      (
      1
      +



      51
      )
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      1
      )
      ,
      (



      51
      )
      )
Question 18
18.
    • Find the lengths of the medians of a triangle whose vertices are
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      5
      )
    • ,
    • (
      (
      7
      )
      ,
      7
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      2
      )
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
  • (i)
      • 1

        2



        194
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        146
      • ,
      • 1
  • (ii)
      • 1

        2



        106
      • ,
      • 5

        2



        10
      • ,
      • 13
  • (iii)
      • 1
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        194
      • ,
      • 1

        2



        194
Question 19
19.
    • If point P
    • (
      (
      6

      7
      )
      ,
      6
      )
    • is equidistant from the points
    • (a,-8)
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
    • , find a
  • (i)
    -7
  • (ii)
    -4
  • (iii)
    -6
  • (iv)
    -5
  • (v)
    -8
Question 20
20.
    • If point P
    • (x,3)
    • is equidistant from the points
    • (
      (
      8
      )
      ,
      8
      )
    • and
    • (
      (
      4
      )
      ,
      5
      )
    • , find x
  • (i)
    (
    -71

    8
    )
  • (ii)
    (
    -67

    8
    )
  • (iii)
    (
    -53

    6
    )
  • (iv)
    (
    -69

    8
    )
  • (v)
    (
    -17

    2
    )
Question 21
21.
    • Find the relation between x and y such that the point P
    • (
      x
      ,
      y
      )
    • is equidistant from points
    • (
      (
      5
      )
      ,
      0
      )
    • and
    • (
      8
      ,
      (
      6
      )
      )
  • (i)
    (
    27
    x
    +
    12
    y
    +
    75
    )
    =
    0
  • (ii)
    (
    26
    x
    +
    15
    y
    +
    75
    )
    =
    0
  • (iii)
    (
    26
    x
    +
    12
    y
    +
    75
    )
    =
    0
  • (iv)
    (
    7
    x
    14
    y
    35
    )
    =
    0
  • (v)
    (
    7
    x
    12
    y
    35
    )
    =
    0
    Assignment Key

  •  1) (v)
  •  2) (v)
  •  3) (iv)
  •  4) (i)
  •  5) (i)
  •  6) (v)
  •  7) (iii)
  •  8) (i)
  •  9) (iii)
  •  10) (ii)
  •  11) (iii)
  •  12) (i)
  •  13) (ii)
  •  14) (v)
  •  15) (iv)
  •  16) (v)
  •  17) (iv)
  •  18) (ii)
  •  19) (iii)
  •  20) (iv)
  •  21) (iii)